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Internal Correspondence AfttlrO M81 rt V To: P . F . RIEHLE - PLANT MANAGER - CHEMOLITE - U l-1 From:D. E . ROACH, M.D. - MEDICAL DEPARTMENT - 220-2E-02 Subject: 1981 Chem olite H e a lth E valu atio n s Date: August 1 2 , 1982 As ve d iscu sse d r e c e n tly I am en clo sin g a summary o f the l a s t h e a lth e v a lu a tio n s conducted a t your p la n t . We a n t ic ip a te th a t t h i s data v i l l now "be a v a ila b le a f t e r com pletion o f each h e a lth e v a lu a tio n program and comparable from year to y e a r. For your in form ation I have included re s u lts from oth er Chemical D iv is io n p la n t lo c a tio n s which you may fin d in t e r e s t in g . A t o t a l o f 268 Chem ical D iv is io n employees p a r tic ip a te d in the 1981 e v a lu a tio n . Of th ese 192 or 72 were considered to be normal or free o f "sig n ifica n t" abnorm alities. A "s ig n ifica n t" ab n orm ality is considered to be a fin d in g th a t l i e s o u tsid e o f th e normal range in excess o f one standard d e v ia tio n . Of th e " s i g n i f i c a n t " ab n orm alities the fo llo w in g may be o f s p e c ia l in terest. 32 employees or 12^ had blood pressure e le v a tio n s in excess o f 150/95. l 6 employees or 6% had c h o le s tr o l e le v a tio n s in excess o f 325 m illigram s. U in d iv id u a ls o r 1. 5 had electro card io g ram s which were abnormal. 3 in d iv id u a ls had abnormal chest x - r a y s . Other items o f in te rest are as follow s: 128 employees or U8% had c h o le s te r o l e le v a tio n s in excess o f 250 m illig ra m s - a le v e l considered by many p h y sic ia n s to pose some in creased ca rd io v a sc u la r h e a lth r is k on a s t a t i s t i c a l b a s is . These le v e ls a t Chem olite are h ig h er than in 1980 and somewhat higher than at other lo c a tio n s . These d iffe r e n c e s , however, have a h igh degree o f v a r i a b i l i t y and may be due to a number o f fa c to r s such as incomplete fa s t in g , d ie t , ro ta tin g s h i f t s , e tc . G035S1 - 2- l 8 o r 1% o f en^jloyees had abnormal blood ch e m istries o th er than blood sugar and c h o le s tr o l. U0% o f the Chem ical D iv is io n employees at Chem olite are smokers. This s l i g h t l y exceeds the n a tio n a l average o f 38^ fo r male smokers over age 19 and o f 30^ f o r fem ales over 19* The fe d e ra l governm ent's goals on smoking are to reduce t h is fig u r e to 25% hy 1990 in both male and fem ale. You may wish to a v a il y o u rse lv e s o f some lit e r a t u r e on smoking to encourage no smoking programs. We su ggest the use o f the HEW pamphlet program o r m a te ria l from your l o c a l lu n g a s s o c ia tio n . We would be happy to a s s i s t in t h is i f you would be in te r e s te d . DER:cr cc: E. Fasbender, R.N F. A. Ubel, M.D. Medical Medical 116 220-2E-02 003552 Empi. \ "Normal" Evaluation "Significant * Sign if BP C h o i. >150 or >95 >325 'Jevark *2 28(66%) (vlthout hearing te s t) 19(*5%) (with hearing test) * ( 10* ) 5(12)0 t . 1981 HEALTH EVALUATIONS BESTCOPY AVAILABLE Total Choi. >250 1*(33*) EGK 2(5*) Sign if. Chest Other X -ray Glucose C hem istries Smoking 1(2* ) None * 0* Hearing Los 8 ' Speech High F rea 5(12*' l 6 ( * 0* ) Cordova 239 175(73%) ecatur 321 230(71)0 19(8)0 5(2)0 60(25*) *(2*) 3(1.5*) 7(3*) 9(**) *3* 25(8)0 * ( 1)0 6*09*) 9(3*) 3(1*) 2 ( . 6*) 11(3.5*) *** 'hemolite 268 192 (72%) 32(12)0 16(6)0 128(*8* ) * 0 .5 * ) 3(1*) 8(3*) 18(7*) * 0* opley *1 27(66)0 (without hearing test! 22 (5** with hearing test) **(10%) * ( 10)0 16(39*) 1(2*) * e x c lu d e s Mag Oxide and S .S . - A lso does not include v is io n and hearing Oo CJ Cfl 00 Co 1 (2*) * ( 10*) 5** 6(15*) 15(36*)